GENEEAL EEPOET. 13of the travel passes were located in the most barren portions of the valley;hence those simply passing through it receive a most unfavorable impressionas to its resources. To make this statement more clear, we will make the following divisionsof the valley: First, that portion bordering the water-courses, where the soil is con¬fessedly fertile and irrigation is possible. The land lying along the banksof the Saguache is the best illustration of this. The soil is the product(on the surface) of the immense crops of rank sedges and grasses that havefor centuries grown, died, and decayed there. To say that it is as fertileas land can be, is not in the least overstating the truth. " Breaking it up "is simply preparing a vast compost pile for " seeding ". The following facts were obtained from Mr. Frank Brown, one of themost reliable men in the valley : Oats per acre produce 40 to 50 bushels,weighing 40 pounds per bushel; barley per acre produces 50 bushels,weighing 55 pounds per bushel; "bald barley" per acre produces 50bushels, weighing 75 pounds per bushel; wheat per acre produces 30bushels, weighing 65 to 68 pounds per bushel; potatoes per acre produce300 bushels, of course an unusual yield; turnips, onions, beets, radishes,and cabbages yield well and grow to an immense size. I can personallyvouch for the truthfulness of most of these facts. (I find, on looking overa letter received from Mr. L. A. Phillips, of the "Colorado Farmer", thatthe estimate of the crops for Colorado is, on the average, per acre, wheat,28 bushels; oats, 40 bushels; potatoes, 150 bushels; corn, 25 bushels;and barley, .!55 bushels. This estimate is by no means a fair showing forthe corn of certain portions of the Territory. Fall grains have not yetbeen extensively enough tried to test the relative merits of fall and springcrops.) Along the Carnero, Lagarita, and Rio Grande, the soil is not so pro¬ductive of large crops as the Saguache region; but, to offset this, it isfound that the crops are perhaps less likely to be injured by early frosts,and a larger variety of productions may be depended upon. In fact, allour ordinary garden vegetables grow on the banks of these streams. Despite all that has been said of the general innutritions qualities of